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Author
Publisher
Lee & Shepard
Pub. Date
1867.
Language
English
Description
Excerpt: "I now undertake to write a history of the part which the colored men took in the great American Rebellion. Previous to entering upon that subject, however, I may be pardoned for bringing before the reader the condition of the blacks previous to the breaking out of the war. The Declaration of American Independence, made July 4, 1776, had scarcely, been enunciated, and an organization of the government commenced, ere the people found themselves...
Author
Series
Quartermaster General's Office. General orders ; no. 8, 21, 33, 1868; no. 12, 1869
Publisher
Govt. Print. Off
Pub. Date
1868-1869.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"All-Black institutions and local community groups have been at the forefront of the freedom struggle since the beginning. Lifting the Chains is a history of the Black experience in America since the Civil War, told by one of our most distinguished historians of modern America, William H. Chafe. He argues that, despite the wishes and arguments of many whites to the contrary, the struggle for freedom has been carried out primarily by Black Americans,...
Author
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
We think of the American Revolution as the war for independence from British colonial rule. But, of course, that independence actually applied to only a portion of the American population-African Americans would still be bound in slavery for nearly another century.
Drawing on first-person accounts and primary sources, Alan Gilbert asks us to rethink what we know about the Revolutionary War, to realize that while white Americans were fighting for...
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the formation and battlefield heroics of the first all-black Union regiment, the Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry. Highlights of this documentary include archival daguerreotypes, tintypes, lithographs, and commentary by various historians.
Author
Publisher
Scarecrow Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
In this new edition, James M. Paradis expands upon his first book by including more recent scholarship that has given new perspective to the African American experience regarding Gettysburg and the roles African Americans played before, during, and after the war. -- Back cover.
Author
Language
English
Description
The true story of the first Black Medal of Freedom winner--a remarkable account of one of the most memorable battles in Civil War history. Sergeant William H. Carney was one of the few Black officers of the newly formed Massachusetts Fifty-fourth Regiment--composed entirely of Black soldiers. In an important Civil War battle, Carney led his men over the ramparts of Fort Wagner, where Union soldiers charged the Confederates. As they fought, they gained...
